We have a NetApp FAS2020 with a fiber-connected shelf and use NFS for the VMware VMs stored on it. We don't run UV on it, though. The problem with running an I/O intensive app like UV on a SAN is that there's no way to predict the concurrent I/O demands that will be placed on the SAN by other virtual machines at any given time. To get predictable perfomance from an I/O intensive app, direct-attached storage is usually going to be the best bet. NetApp has recently addressed this issue, though, with a product called Flash Cache, which I believe can be retrofitted into existing FAS models. Flash Cache stores frequently accessed data on SSDs that sit between the network and the hard drives.
-John -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Thompson Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:44 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] UV 11.1 64-bit on Cisco UCS with NetApp Filer? Googling during my lunch... I'm guessing this is the box you have, or something similar: http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/fas3100/fas3100-tech-s pecs.html You might try disabling that RAID DP stuff they have and just running RAID 1 or RAID 10, as a first step in your process of elimination. Any of the options I suggested are a project. Reconfiguring just the disk shelf is less work than reconfiguring a host for it to run on. If you are running a fiber link to it, you probably can't use NFS, so that idea is out. If you are doing any de-duplication/compression, turn that off too. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
